Re: network programming in php

Addressed to: "Kevin Beckford" <kbeckford@bigorbit.com> "GPHP" <php-general@lists.php.net> ** Reply to note from "Kevin Beckford" <kbeckford@bigorbit.com> Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:21:01 -0400 > > Ok, let me rephrase this question: I need to write a program to > monitor network packets. The OS is Linux. In this specific case I'll > be monitoring packet traffic on a hub, but I'd like to do it in a more > general fashion, just in case the unthinkable happens, and someone > changes their mind. :) How would I go about getting started with this? Have you looked at MRTG and Cricket? http://ee-staff.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/mrtg.html http://cricket.sourceforge.net/ You might not have to re-invent the wheel... If you realy do want to re-invent the wheel, you should be able to look at the source code for these and get an idea how they obtain thier data. Rick Widmer Internet Marketing Specialists www.developersdesk.com